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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24
SENATOR HAWLEY S TALK
70 YOUNG MEN.

In a recent address TO the students
of Hamilton college, Senator Haw-
ley sand:
1t is impossible for one who may
call himself a veteran to come before
an audience of young men without
thinking of their future aud the lu-
ture OF their country. 1t is sad TO
call the roll OF those who were my
classmates, and who have gone over
the river, and, as the old soldier said,
who rest under the shade Of the trees.
Boys are apt TO think that il they
had Tweed in the past tney would have
lived on the right side they would
have stood by Luther, have stood by
Cromwell, have stood by Christ. !
am not sure that they would. Most
Of the men of those times did not.
But even now Christ is constantly
being cruciied, constantly needs
defenders.
] do not believe in this discomfort
with the present, nor in this agitation
for constant change. There is one
thing you may be certain Of, we are
committep irreyocably TO the expert
ment of a government under which
we shall have universal suifage. So
it is we'll for you TO examine, not
only your religious belief, but also
political belief. Great Britain is
driving ahead like a ship la gale.
But men forget that the constitution
OF England IS not 80 perfect a. our
own. There is not as safe and con-
servative a government IN the world
as our own. Ia forty-eight hours an
unruly parlment could effect revo-
luton and overthrow the gov
eminent OF Great Britain. Our gov.
ernment is strong; our late war bat
a reconstruction OF It's foundations.
We have had in our one-hundred
years Of presidents class Of rulers
who have surpassed the rulers Of any
other country on the globe. Com
pare them with the Georgies with
rulers Of Spain and France.
Don't forget that the Lord and
your country have demands on you
for what sou have or talent. 10 be-
"a politician in the best sense j. sec.
ond only to being minister of the
Lord Jesus Christ. The most cow
ardly thing on Code footstool is 10
run away from your government.
Though you may not be- an active
politician, keep Informed Of politics.
Always 60 to your caucus, the begin
ing Of government. Know what j.
being done. Bot don't be- hyper
critical. Once, when a young man.
] was complaining 70 ny father ~
the dreadful state Of pDlitics. and
he said, Joe, you want too much
you had better leave this world and
20 climb d ifee."
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24
BIGGEST THINGS.

The largest theatre 10 the world is
the new opera house in Paris. 1t
covers nearly three acres of ground ;
its cubic mass is 4,287, 900 feet; it
cost about 100, 900, 900 francs. The
largest suspension bridge is the one
between New York city and Brook
lyn; the length of the main span is
| ,595 feet 6 inches the entire length
of the bridge is $3.50 feet. The
loftiest volcano is Popocatapetl-
smoking mountain, thirty-five miles
south west of Puebla, Mexico. 1t is
1884 feet above the sea level, and
has a crater three miles in circum-
ference and a thousand feet deep.
The longest span Of wire in the world
is used for the telegraph 10 India
over the river Klstnah. 1t is more
than 6, 900 feet in length and is H.
600 feet high. The largest ship in
the world Is the Great Eastern. She
is $50 feet long, 73 feet broad and
90 feet deep, being 28,G27 tons bur
den, 1875 gross and 1894 feet
net register.
The greatest fortress, from STRAIT
egical point of view, is the famous
stronghold Of Gibraltar. 1t occupies
a peninsula jutting into the sea,
about three miles long and three
quarters of a mile wide. One cen
tral rock rises to a height Of ,43j
feet above the sea level. It's north
ern face is almost perpendicular,
while it's east side is full Of tremen-
dous precipices. On the south il ter
inmates in what is called Europea
Point. The west side is less steep
than the east, and between IT'S base
and the sea is the narrow, almost
level,span on which the town Of Glib.
raltar is built. The fortress is con
sidered '-1pregnable 10 military as
sault. The regular garrison in time
of peace numbers about seven thous-
and.
The biggest cavern is the Man
moth Cave, in EdmOnson county.
Kentucky. 1t j. near Green river,
about six miles from Cave City. and
twenty-eight miles from Bowling
Green. The cave consists Of a sue
cession Of irregular chambers, some
of which are large, situated on dif-
ferent levels. Some Of them are
trayersed by nayi1able branches of
the subterranean Echo river. Blind
fish are found IN its waters.
The longest tunnel 10 The world j.
that OF the st. Golhard. on the llne
OF railroad between Lucerne aud Mi
Ian. The summit Of the tunnel j.
800 feet below tue surface at ADder-
matt, and 5000 feet beneath the
peak Of Kestelhofn Of the St. Goth
ard group. The tunnel ~ zs1z feet
wide, aud is 10 feet 10 inches from
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24

The maid was a prim-looking per-
son, of mIddle-age. 1t was not an
attractive party.
Ii that woman had loved me and
been trae to me, doubtless the chang
es in her face would have touched
me. AS it was, l think | was glad
to see them. She blushed when she
passed me, her husband leaning on
her arm, as he took the fresh ar. |
felt nothing but contempt for her.
Old Robin Grace had, was told,
been ordered abroad for his health.
In mid-ocean, in the dead of night,
some one came to call me.
Doctor" said the messenger,
''that old Mr.. Grace is taken very
bad"
| hurried on my clothes.
The man was bad, indeed, as we
look at things. He was dying.
| told his wife so.
She gasped and turned faint.
Il ought to do something" she
sighed. What ought | to do? He
ought to think of something else, if
he's going, besides his money"
Read the Bible to him, ma am,
said the maid.
eyes, yes" gasped the frightened
woman.
II brought the little Office Bible,
said the maid. ''It went best into
my portmanteau. | wouldn't be at
sea without Bible. I'll get it,"
She opened leather affair of some
sort, and took out Bible with a
pink book marker.
As she handed it to the lady, it
slipped between their hands and fell
to the floor.
I stopped to pick it up. 1t had
fallen open.
Across the page lay a piece of pink
paper, made to adhere by long pres
sure. 1t lay directly below the words
of Ezekiel, chapter XIV, 4th verse:
"Behold, it is cast into the fire for
fuel"
And the paper bore these words:
"Received from Arthur Maitland
the sum of a thousand dollars, etc"
1t was the lost receipt. / had plac-
ed it there IN a fiji of abstraction, with
nv own hands. How we come to do
these things who can tell? But /
know now what my memory of these
words, "Behold, it is cast into the
fire for fuel" meant. l had read
them over the top Of that receipt,
and had shut the cover on them when
Mr.. Grace brought me the prospect
us to look at.
remembered all now. Too late
too late-too late. Youth, love, am
bition, had "been cast into the fire
for fuel and all were gone.
NV thousand dollars, with the in
terest for all these years, was easily
recovered from his estate, but | had
no desire TO regain my lost love, tho
/ had good reason to think l could
have had that, if ! had cared to ask
it. But the experience of years had
changed my ideas regarding the val
ue of woman's love.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24
SAYINGS OF OLIVER WEN
DELL HOLMES

Even IN common people, conceit
has the virtue Of making them cheer
ful the man who thinks his wife,hIs
baby, his house, bis horse, Dis dog
and himself sevcrally uneQuallcd. Is
almost sure to be- "A good-humored
person, though liable 10 be tedious
at times.
Talking Is like playing on "a harp
there is as much 10 laying the band
on the strings TO stop their yibh-
tions, as in twanging them TO bring
out their music.
Don't you know how bard ID ia fot
some people 10 get out Of room uf-
tot their visit is really overf They
want to be on bat they don't know
how to manage u. One would think
they had been built Ia your paiI0r of
study. and weIe waiting to be- launch.
ed. / have contrivcd q sort of cetc.
monialinclined plane for such visit-
ors, which, being fabricated with
certain smooth phrases, J back them
down -metaphoucally speaking
sternforemost, into their "natiyc eIe-
ment,' the great ocean Of outdoors.
The business Of conversation is f.
very serious matter There are men
that Il weakous one 20 talk with more
than day's fasting would DO.
Don't Aatter yourself that friend.
ship authorizes you 70 say disagieoa-
bic things 10 your intimatcs. On thc
contrary, the nearer you come into
relation with q person, ihe more npe-
essqry DO tact and courtesy become
Except Ia cases 81 necessity, which
are rare, leave your friend 70 learn
unpleasant truths from his enemies
they are ready enough to tcll them
Good breeding never forpcls thal
dmOUr pr0pre is universal
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24

the floor to the crown OF the arched
roof. 1t is 9 l-2 miles long, 5-s
miles longer than the Mount Gents
tunnel.
The biggest trees in the world arc
the mammoth trees IN California.
One of a grove in Tnlare county, ac-
cording 10 measurements made by
the State Geological Survey, was
shown to be 276 feet in height, los
feet in circumference at haes, and
&c feet at a point II feet above the
ground. Some OF the trees are $40
feet high and "a feet in diameter.
Some Of the largest that have been
felled indicate an age of from 1000
TO 2,5OO years.
The largest desert is that Of Saba
ra, vast region OF Northern Africa,
extending from the Atlantic ocean On
the west, TO the valley OF the Nile on
the east. The length from east To
west is about 5000 miles, its average
breadth about 900 miles, lis area
about 2,000,O00 square miles. Rain
falls in torrents in the Sahara desert
at intervals Of five, ten and twenty
years. In summer the heat during
the day is excessive, but the nights
are often cold. In winter the tenn
perature is sometimes below freezing
point. The greatest pyramid is that
of Cheops, one Of the three pyramids
forming the Memphis group, situate
on a plateau about l37 feet above
the level OF the highest rise in the
Nile. lis dimensions have been re.
duced by the removal OF the outer
portions TO furnish stone for the city
Of Cairo. Its masonry consisted or
iginally of 9,O2S. 900 cubic feet, and
still amounts TO S2.lll,000 feet. The
present vertical height is 450 feet,
against 47G feet originally. The to-
tai weight OF the stone is estimated
at 6,136,0O0 tons. The largest bell
in the world is the great bell OF Mos
COW, at the foot OF the Kremlin. Its
circumference at bottom is nearly 6s
feet, and its height more than p
feet. In its stoutest part it is %
inches thick, and its weight has been
computed to be 443,722 pounds. II
has never beenr hung -PbHddelphia
Times.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24

A rousing speech-"Get up-breakfast
is ready.''
The men who marry the most frequent
" for money are the ministers.
Why is a lazy young dog like an inclin-
ed plane? Because he is slow pup.
The change in the color of the foliage
is effected ny an autumn attic process.
If there is any one who should be rap
ped in slumber," it is the man who snores.
''Cash paid for butchers hides" was
the notice we read posted up in town the
other day.
Judge-I will give you ten dollars or
three days-Prisoner-J will take
the ten dollars.
The lap ofluxury-The cats interview
mornings head.
There's Il man out in Illinois whose
name is Joseph Gotobed. He is said to
be of veIY retiring disposition.
There is room for everybody in this big
world. Friction comes from the fact
that too many want the front room.
''There is something have just dashed
off," said the poet as he knocked his
would-be son-in-law off the doorstep.
The people of Chicago are said to feel
slighted because the missionary societies
do not appropriate money for Chicago.
a scientist says that a man who has
been struck by lightning cannot swim.
He might have added that he never tries
to.
Emperor Williams has gone boar hunt
ing The rulers of this country do not
have to hunt for bores. The bores hunt
them.
The man who went to the country for
''rest and change" says the walters got
most of his change and the landlord got
the rest.
Whiskey is a good thing in its place;
but its place is in hell. If l 90 there l
will drink all 1 can get; but l won't drink
Il drop of it here.
The young man who persuades himself
that two people can live as cheaply as
one, can always find girl to help him
try the experiment.
A fiy-bite may kill an elephant, but
when the monster is on the rampage
dynamite cartridge is just as good, if the
fly bites happen TO be mislaid.
The keeper of railroad restaurant in
Illinois recently committed suicide while
suffering from melancholy, it is said.
More likely he was suffering from re-
morse.
''A sea horse is a sea horse when you
see him in the sea,
But when you see him in the bay bay
horse is he"
'sDo you believe in faith cures?" sNo."
s'But l understand your mother-in- law
was cured of a Iong-standing complaint
through this method Yes. that's why
don't believe in them"
A cobbler visited one of the large man
ufactories the other day, and for the first
time in his life saw shoes made by ma
chinery. ''What- DO you think of that?''
asked the foreman. 1T beats awl, was
the laconic and significant reply.
They were going 10 the new opera.
He was all ready while she was still max
ing her toilet. II say, my dear" he
shouted impatiently, from the foot of the
stairs, aren't you nearly dressedE" Yes, +"
came back the response; "I've only got
TO take a few more things OF.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24
III Saved NV Life"

is common expression, often heard
from those who have realized, by per
sOnal use, the curative powers of Ayer's
Cherry Pectoral. **I cannot say enough
in praise OF Ayers Cherry PectoraI. be-
Heving as 1 do that, but for its use. I
should long since have died from lung
troubles. E. Bragdon, Palestine, Tex.
About six months ago had a severe
HemOrrhage Of the Lungs, brought on
by distressing Cough, which deprived
me OF sleep and rest. l had used vari-
Gus cough balsaIns and eXpectorants,
without obtaining relief. A friend ad-
vised me TO try
Ayers Cherry PectoraI.
[ did so, and am happy to say that it
helped me at once. BY continued use
this medicine cured my cough. and. /
am satisfied, saved my Efe.-AIrs. Z.
Coburn, Is Second ST., Lowell, Mass.
have used Ayers Cherry PectoraI
for over a year, and sincerely believe l
should have been in my grave, had it
not been Tor this medicine. 1t has cured
me OF dangerous affection Of the lungs,
for which I had almost despaired of ever
finding remedy. d. A. McNIuIIen,
Windsor, Province of Ontario.
Ayers Cherry PectoraI saved my life.
Two years ago took very severe Cold
which settled on my lungs. I consulted
physicians, and took the remedies they
prescribed, but failed TO obtain relief
until 1 began using Ayers Cherry Pee
tOral. Two bottles of this medicine
completely restored my health. = Lizzie
VI. Allen, " est Lancaster. Ohio. II
Ayers Cherry PeCt0ral,
Prepared by Dr.J. C. Aver s Co Lowell. Mass
Sold by all Druggists. Price 81; six bottles, =.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24
MATRIMONIAL SUGGESTIONS

Select the girl.
Agree with The girls father in pol.
itics aud her mother in religion.
Don't swear 10 thc gil that you
have mo- bad habits n will bo we'll
enough 10 sey that you never beard
yourself suorc in your sleep.
Dont pot too much sweet stun oH
paper n you Do, you will hrur BE-
read in after ycars, when your vile
has some special purpose in iud.ctng
upon you the soycrcst punishment
known 40 a married man.
60 home at d reasonable bou boz
the evening Don't wait 400 the g.fI
has thrown her whole soul toto
yawu that sbe can't cover with both
hands A hlue thing like that may
cause GOODNESS at the very begin.
ming Of the game.
n, while wearing your pew anm-
mer trousers f0f thc lri t.mc yoH
sit down on mOiasses candy that .'i.
de- Willie has left in che chair. smile
sweetly aud remark chat you don't
mind sitting on m0laases candy at
an. and that "boys will bc b0ya
Reserve your good feeling fOr fuIum
reference.
n, on tlc occasion 81 your Hui
cali. ule gid upon whom you hafe
placed youl affections looks like an
iceberg nud acts like o. cOIi we've.
take you leave sarIy ani sny aHay
Woman Do bee hours ~ neel. ia un.
CERTAIN. coy and baud t9 please.
Don't De- about your haapn.a' coh-
dnion. d = very annoying p
bride VIM has pieturyi for henrii
nfe n Ia2uy be- hsl ancestral ha''a'
10 learn COO late ihai 81. rh p''i hfI
10 ask o bald.beadcd pafuis nho
has been uniformly KIDD FAB hff io
take YOU la om 81 the cold.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24
Both Sides

man in his carriage riding along,
A gaily-dressed wife by his side;
In satin and laces she looked like queen,
And he like . king in his pride.
4 wood-sawyer stood on the street as they passed
The carriage and couple he eyed,
And said, as he worked with his saw on a log,
81 wish was rich and could ride
The man in the carriage remarked TO his wife,
"One thing would give if could
I'd give my wealth for the strength and the health
the man who Is saving the wood
a pretty young maid with bundle of work,
Whose face a the morning fair,
Went tripping along with smile of delight
While humming a love breathing air.
She looked on the carriage. the lady she saw,
Arrayed in apparel so fine,
And said in 1 whisper, 81 wish from my heart
Those satins and laces were mine
The lady looked out on the maid with her work,
So fair in her calico dress,
And said, ''Id relinquish position and wealth
Her beauty and youth to possess
Thus it is in the world, whatever our law,
Our minds and our time we employ
In longing and signing for what we have not
Ungrateful for what we enjoy.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1887-01-24
Making a Poem Grow

I sat writing in my chamber,
Striving to forget my cares,
When heard the sound of footsteps
Little footsteps on the stairs.
please, mamma, come play with Bennie,
Pleaded little Curly-head.
''Not now, darling ma lie answer,
''Dash will play with you, instead"
NO, mamma; old Dash Is sleepy,
And I cannot make him run,
And I've looked my pictures over
Till I'm tired of every one.
Come and swing me in the hammock,
And I'll go to sleep 50 soon.
You'll have time to write your letter.
Dear mamma, this afternoon
" lis poem l am writing,
Not letter, Benny dear,
And if am interrupted,
Il will never grow, fear
But I swung him in the hammock -
Faster, slower, at his will
Till l swung him into Dreamland,
And the prattling tongue was still.
Then l tried 10 write my poem,
But l could not rhyme the words,
So Jeff it there with Bennie,
With the butterflies and birds,
Hours later, when I sought it,
Not a trace of it I found,-
Nothing but nv old portfolio,
Lying on the dewy ground.
"Oh"" cried Bennie, 81 have fixed it.
Come, mamma, do come and see
How I did it, just to help YOU;
For I knew how pleased you'd be-
So I followed where he led me.
Puzzled at his gleeful talk,
To my little mound of pansies
In the winding garden walk.
There. among the laughing blossoms,
Looking like thing of woe,
Was the poem Bennie planted,
Trusting it would quickly grow.
AREN'T you glad:" he cried, delighted;
Adding with look so bright,
Don't you think It would grow better
If we watered it to-night?''
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